Pushing to the front

Some people achieve their greatest breakthrough the moment they hit the hardest rock in their lives. On the 5^th of August 2010, 33 Chilean miners went out to work. It was just another normal working day for each of them. Some of them had been doing the same work for many years. Just a few days before the incident, a report had it that one of the miners had an argument with his boss complaining about some safety issues in the mine. The report explained that his boss told him he had a choice. He could stay and work if he still wanted to work or he could leave if he did not want to continue working there. As he had no choice, he stayed and continued to work in the mine. His reason for staying most probably outweighed his reason for leaving. In spite of his feeling, he went back to work.  

We all find ourselves in this type of situation at different stages in life especially when you have a family to care for. We face such difficult choices all the time. When the going is tough, the toughs keep reminding themselves of their reasons for their journey. Their reasons keep them going. The toughs know that the tougher the road, the bigger their end reward. Some people give up when the journey is almost over. They simply have no energy left to continue. However, at such crucial moments, the toughs refocus their thoughts’ energy and re-direct them toward their reasons for the journey. Their reasons for the journey keep them back on track until they reach their destination. They do not quite no matter the obstacles on their way. 

All sorts of negative thoughts could have stopped any of the miners from returning to work on that fateful day. On that day, just like any other day in their working lives, they all had work to do in the mine, and they all went in there to do it. The day marked a big turning point in their lives. Life balance is all about knowing why we are making our journey. Whenever the road becomes bumpy, we should keep reminding ourselves of the reasons we are making our journey. We should keep doing the things that would help keep us on the road. In order to achieve His own purpose, God has a way of using pains to keep us perpetually on the right path of life.

Our ability to endure the pains is our guarantee for our future pleasures. When our pleasure comes, we forget our pain. Life is a miracle unfolding before each one of us moment by moment. The miners and their loved ones experienced their pains for a period of 69 days. There must have been some moments during their ordeal when some of them might have been thinking that they would never come out alive.  The end of their pain marked the beginning of their pleasure, I hope. Their lives have changed forever. They will never be same again, I hope for good. God bless them.